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now going viral on the web. we'll check out all of the top clips from this week coming up in the 5:00 eastern hour. with television cameras rolling and a jam packed congregation listening, megachurch leader eddie long took to the pulpit today for the first time in days to address allegations he sexually abused young men. four lawsuits filed against him last week claim that he coerced young men into sexual relationships during overnight trips and then lavished them with expensive gifts. here's how bishop long responded this morning. [ applause ] >> there have been allegations and attacks made on me.

i have never in my life portrayed myself as a perfect man. but i am not the man that's being portrayed on the television. that's not me. as i said earlier, i am not a perfect man but this thing i am going to fight. i want you to know one other thing. i feel like david against goliath but i got five rocks and i phoned one yet. >> bishop eddie long this morning before his congregation.

so many members were waiting to see what the pastor would say this morning and there was just a piece of it right now. joining us to discuss today's developments and sexual abuse allegations against long, shane lee, associate professor at tulane university joining us from new orleans and here in atlanta, craig washington who recently wrote an article about bishop long and the sex scandal and martin savage. you were there at the church along with a number of correspondents from around the country. give me an idea of what that reception was like. what the restrictions were like during his sermon as well. >> first of all, probably the most anticipated day in the history of that particular church on part of the ed showin 5:30. they were already there waiting in the parking lot for the service that began at 8:00. when the 8:00 service began, there was still a huge line of

traffic of people trying to get in to get to that service a half hour after the service was under way. and it wasn't until an hour after that service began that bishop long actually appeared. that gives you the sense of the anticipation and as we walked into the building and the parking lot, you felt that crowd. you could hear singing and celebration. they were in a very joyful mood even though when we spoke to people on the way in, we said what do you want to hear? they said we want to hear the truth. most of them believe that's exactly what they heard. we want to play for you -- there was a press coveranference. its was more of a statement that was made by bishop long in between the services. >> changed the rules. initially it was going to be a q and a but then once it happened, it became just that. a statement. >> correct. we were told that we would be able to question the bishop, his wife and his attorneys. they stepped on the stage and said there will be no questions. there is only this statement and here's a portion of it.

>> i will say that i am going to fight and fight vigorously against these charges and i've been at this church for 23 years. this is the first time i realize that we are as important as we are to get this much attention and we're going to continue as a church to do the things that we do to touch the world. >> i think that's a great deal of understatement there. he knows exactly how important his church is. now, as people left, we wanted to talk to them to find out what their feelings were. had their impressions changed in any way? this is what some had to say. >> he's innocent and he didn't do anything. i believe him. and that's all that matters. >> i've been going here 11 years. before this you couldn't have paid me to go to a church. i've been in this ministry and it's wonderful. >> we'll support the bishop all the way. the spirit was in the church today. i actually felt it.

>> those were people he wanted to reach. >> you were watching from afar. you also wrote your thoughts about what this should mean. this really is a teaching moment not just for large churches but also for people who attend the big churches. are you sort of in agreement with his congregation that says we believed him all this time. that's why we've attended this church. we still believe him. >> actually, i thought that it was not necessarily a declaration of innocence as much as it was an implication that he's innocent. and that may be about how he was advised to speak and how explicit he was advised to speak. i certainly understand that his congregation would see themselves as being very publicly loyal to him.

i am not surprised. his church if you ask anyone who is a member of the church, they'll tell you the good that the church has done and the importance that it has had in their lives and their growth. and so regardless of the truth of the allegations, there are several issues that we have to address. regardless of the outcome of the case so to speak. one is that we have to have a safe -- a culture of safety for our young people in our institutions, our churches, our communities, our families. >> he was trying to help cultivate that with his youth ministry. >> i suggest in that what safety means is having open communications so that young people can feel like they can come to their mentors and leaders and talk to them and if they are victimized by sexual abuse or other forms of abuse, they will be heard and that

their victimizers will be challenged even if those abusers have more authority than the people who they are revealing this to. >> shane in new orleans, if there's a teaching moment that you would see come of this regardless of what pastor long said or didn't say, you have articulated your hope would be that this would create some open dialogue particularly in black churches as it pertains to the issue of homosexuality whether he is guilty or not. in what way? the fact that the church because of the biblical doctrines don't deal with the practical situations that members face with their erotic urges and try to serve jesus as their savior. a lot of discussions about urges are put under the rug and i think talking about this issue

showing a powerful man like bishop long who i feel based on his body language, based on the press conference statement, i think his career is in for be a early demise. i think his demise is going to generate a greater discussion about sexuality and greater discussion about leadership and i think there's going to be a lot of house cleaning because there will be some embolden members of other churches this may speak out. the positive is we're talking about sex and we're talking about sexuality and we're acknowledging that a powerful spiritual man might wrestle with those urges. on the negative side, we're about to see a powerful ministry crumble. >> go ahead, craig. you have something to say on that. >> i'm glad that you brought that up, shane. again, there's clearly a record of anti-gay rhetoric, of sermons

that preach that homosexuality is an immoral or not an ethically sound condition. >> and in the words of bishop long he said it's not god's way. >> also, eddie long in the church has used his political and economic clout to advocate for the disenfranchisement of lesbians and gay through 2004 reuniting the legacy march and other means. we have to recognize the impact that this has on lesbian and gay people who internalize this as walking in shame and causes conflict. >> there was acknowledgement that bishop long made in that he said he never professed to be a perfect man. i wonder if the choice of words resonates to all of these issues that we're talking about here. >> i think there is.

there is wiggle room there in that statement. you don't deny and he did not come out and say -- you would think if there was a moment you would say it -- well, perhaps what we're looking at here is a man who is speaking to his congregation and realizes later of course he must speak to a courtroom and there is going to be a different sort of communication. it's interesting that he used that analogy of david and goliath. >> 25,000 in this church. >> he's supposedly the little guy here and that would imply that the young man who made these accusations and the attorney who represents them is somehow much bigger than his whole mass of political, religious organization and that's hard to imagine.

>> martin, thank you so much. do you have a quick thought you want to spit out? >> i think that this again brings about reconciliation and some speaking to truth. the time has passed where we can use religion, religious faiths and tradition as a means of robbing people of their rights and deeming them as unfit. so lesbian, guy, by sexual and transgender deserve a place in the gospel and deserve a place in the sharing of equality for human rights. >> i can give you three seconds, shane, if you have a last thought. >> his body language, words, show that he's hiding something. he wasn't defiant like i would expect an innocent man to be. >> gentlemen, thank you so much. appreciate that. this is the type of the iceberg. we'll talk much more about bishop long and accusations

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eddie long addressed his congregation from the pulpit today. it's the first time he publicly addressed the sex scandal allegations against him that made headlines last week. long says the way he's been portrayed as having coerced young men into sexual relationships does not reflect who he is. he says he will fight the allegations. flood wary residents in wisconsin and minnesota are watching local waterways today. families who live near the

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machines. many are looking for ways to encourage students to make healthier choices. cnn student news anchor joins me now because he's had some very candid conversations with some young people in public schools about healthy eating and what's on the menu and what they prefer and don't prefer. what i remember about school lunch lunches, tator tots and pizza. >> these students are in tune to what they should be eating. one good side effect of the obesity epidemic in america is more schools are focused on educating student about what they should eat and more parents at home and many of you have had conversations with your students about what they should eat. at a high school in atlanta, grady high school, i spoke to director of nutrition for atlanta public schools and a number of students about what options there are and why students sometimes pweubg thickd why sometimes they don't.

>> if you asked students by in large at the middle school level and high school level whether they would choose grilled chicken salad or fried chicken tenders what would they say? >> chicken tenders. >> when you're a child you're raised on that. the chunk in your mouth and grease. >> most people eat that every night. that's what they are raised on. that's what they know. >> these students have fresh fruit, fresh vegetable choices daily. i believe that offering items such as vegetables, carrot sticks and those items to young children and as they progress and want after-school snacks they are items that children naturally want. >> i used to be overweight. i lost that weight through better eating. >> when you don't eat a healthy meal, you are tired all of the time. you lose a lot of energy. when do you eat a healthy meal,

i have this type of energy that is like the best energy ever because i ate that healthy meal. >> healthier choices is part of the education that starts in our classroom. we toy with how to meet the nutritional needs of the student but yet bring the healthiest and best food items and to that end we've been able to meet that particular mark by looking at our locally grown produce. they don't have to travel as far so we can get a better price. >> let's say you have a friend and you see that person constantly choosing unhealthy foods. how do you encourage that person to change their ways? >> eat less calories. know what's in the food. >> watch your food intake of fried foods and whatever it is. they need to try to balance their nutrition plus their indulgences. >> they don't really care how they are affected by what they

eat and they don't know what they're eating. >> that same group of three students that talked to us extensively about things they even told their friends when they saw their friends making unhealthy choices. generally what they agreed on was do the leg work. how many more calories are in the fried chicken fingers versus the chicken salad and make your choice based on that. it's with the goal of trying to get their friends as healthy as they are. >> sadly people will argue the healthier food is more expensive. school districts when they cut back, is this an area, the cafeteria, an area that gets sliced and diced. >> absolutely. whenever you cut budget in any part of school it seems like so many other parts are affected. the solution that the director suggested for atlanta public schools and their nutrition services she, was suggesting to look locally and to talk to local farmers and also do a bit of menu forecasting to find out what's popular among students so you're bringing in local foods

that they'll actually eat. >> they see it and it's part of their lives. you will eat better at school because you eat better at home. they have to go in tandem. did the kids say anything like that? >> dr. hughes and the students were talking about how it starts in the home. some were talkingto us about how they were family issues that because of the health problems that some family members had, it had influenced them to eat better to start there. that will be the focus of my next report in this series which we'll have later this week on cnn. >> we'll look forward to that. we'll see you next weekend too. thank you so much. appreciate that. t of course what we choose to eat and where we buy our food and how much we spend on it says a whole lot about who we are. you might actually think mind, body and wallet all this week in the "cnn newsroom." days of downpours lead to rising waters in parts of the midwest.

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today for the first time in days bishop eddie long appeared before his congregation to respond to the sex scandal that rocked his atlanta area megachurch. in lawsuits filed last week, four men claimed long coerced them into sexual relationships while in their late teens. without specifically mentioning the lawsuit, long says he's not the man portrayed on television. after his church service long spoke to reporters. >> i just want to take this moment to say on advice of counsel, i will not address the allegations and attack that's been levied upon me at this

moment. as i stated earlier in the service, i want this to be dealt with in the court of justice and not by public opinion. i will say that i'm going to fight very vigorously against these charges and i've been at this church for 23 years. this is the first time i realize that we're as important as we are to get this much attention and we're going to continue as a church to do things that we do to touch the world. there's so many things and i even increased my commitment to working with youth. i've always done that. we've always done that as a church. we've always helped young men and young ladies and families and to make sure they're able to move forward and to move into college and do things that make them better and more productive citizens. the things that new birth has stood for and good things that we've done and we'll continue to do and increase in all of that.

without violating anything that my attorney has so commissioned me and put me in to instruct me and i appreciate your time and you being here and i thank you. >> last thursday long released a written statement denying the allegations. let's talk weather now. dozens of rivers remain out of their banks in minnesota and wisconsin and there are new concerns that those rivers are dumping into the mississippi and will cause problems later on in the week. ireporter tim krause sent us this video. families near the river have evacuated and states of emergency are in effect in both states. meteorologist jacqui jeras here in the weather center. boy, this is serious rain and flooding. >> lots of people being impacted by these rivers. many of them have crested just a couple haven't crested yet but

they're going to remain in flood for the next couple of days. as you mention we're going to watch those rivers dump into the mississippi and then we'll see some flooding downstream here into lacrosse and we'll watch those areas by the middle of the week. minor to moderate flooding expected along the mississippi. you can see all of the counties that are still under flood warnings as a result of that rain that we had in the middle to latter part of last week. this is really a long stretched out event unfortunately. now we also have some flood concerns across parts of the southeast. there you can see in the dark green areas highlighted right here from atlanta on up into the carolinas where we're expecting to see anywhere between 4 to 6 inches of rain in the next couple of days. we have an area of low pressure that's developed and bringing in steady rainfall and we'll get isolated thunderstorms a little bit stronger that could bring an inch per hour so be aware of that going on through your monday. we've got delays at atlanta

hartsfield jackson international airport. a ground stop. no one taking off to get into atl until the top of the hour. this rain will spread up the east coast and so if you are traveling later tonight or tomorrow, washington, d.c. on up toward philadelphia into new york city expect to have some delays particularly for tomorrow. here you can see one of our computer models picking up a tremendous amount of rain. when you see those purples and those whites throughout that area, that's anywhere between 5 and 6 inches of rainfall. that will cause flooding. we're looking at drought conditions across the southeast. the rain is needed unfortunately it's too much at one time. want to take a quick look at the tropic. remnants of what's matthew is still lingering over there across parts of mexico and into central america. no longer a tropical depression. no more advisories are being issued but there's another area of circulation over here that is trying to develop and so we're going to watch that and we might get some of the energy and moisture from matthew wrapped up

in that. there's a small chance of development in the next couple of days but down the line things look more favorable so we could see some kind of a comeback potentially with matthew. we'll have to wait and see as things continue to develop. >> we really have gotten far on that alphabet. >> we knew it would be a busy season. >> november 30th is the end of the season so we have a long way to go. >> we do. just passed the halfway point. >> thank you. >> if your family and friends are come piling holiday gift lists, talk about the calendar moving quickly, there are affordable high tech items you want to know about that we'll show you next.

a look at our top stories. bishop eddie long says he'll fight allegations against him. speaking to his congregation this morning, the atlanta pastor says he's not a perfect man but also not the man that's been portrayed on television. long is facing four separate lawsuits alleging sexual misconduct with young men.

an israeli moratorium blocking new settlement construction ends in a couple of hours. there was word of a possible compromise that would allow the moratorium to expire but delay new construction. do you think the recession is over. according to a new cnn opinion research poll, three in four americans disagree with experts who saynded in june of 2009. only 25% think the downturn is over. prices of flat screen televisions are expected to plummet just in time for the holidays. experts predict 32-inch tvs will drop to an average of $249 to $299 on black friday, the day after thanksgiving. some are expected to sell for as low as $199. the reason for the price plunge?

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>> it took place in atlanta recently. you were there. you talked to these men who are talking amongst themselves. >> this is a sign of big picture changes happening in america. what's happening is more and more guys are at home now. more and more guys even though they work are expected to do more at home as fathers and because the economy more fathers have -- men have been adversely impacted. 158,000 are full time and been there for a year. there are places online for women that want help with parenting, changing diapers. well now there are guys. dads are in this situation and need something for them. they want a support system. they want a community. they are looking out there saying i need basic answers. the guys started writing blogs and there's really a big audience for it. i got together with a group of them and asked what are dads looking for online? >> they are really looking for other dads who are going through the same things they are.

looking for some support and looking for some funny stories and really wanting to share magic that is being a father. >> guys are responding the same way women have responded. they look for articles on potty training. how to get the baby to sleep. how to name their baby and they end up being a lot on relationship issues because there are a lot of things that guys don't talk about with anybody after the baby is born and we get a fair amount of traffic on articles about sex after pregnancy because the relationship has changed with that first baby. >> you don't hear about this stuff a lot. these issues don't come up a lot. >> this role is being reinvented and lots of men want to talk about it because there's not a previous generation you can go to. you can't go to your dad because his form of fatherhood was completely different than what we see today. it's new media and fatherhood and that's what we are talking about here. >> on your blog you find a place to present information about ideas about how to have a conversation with other dads

about it where they share that experience because they need to know other guys go through the same thing. >> we're not homer simpson that we're portrayed as. we're involved in our family. we're working. we're trying to provide. we're working at home in a lot of cases and our role in the family is being real men. >> what real men means. that's part of what it means to be a real man now. guys could get together and have poker night and talk. guys could call each other. what is it specifically about being online that is offering dads something? what do they want from the web? >> we're not going pta meetings or meeting other guys in the neighborhood as often as we should. the nights of poker night are not that easy. they don't happen as much. it's one core group of guys. but with the web, you get to talk to guys all around the world that you may never meet in person and share ideas and have this conversation. >> when are they getting on

blogs? my day is so busy. if you have a job and you get home and you have your kids. are they staying up late at 2:00 in the morning because they couldn't have sex? when are they getting online? >> we find that they are saying that i'm on the computer at work but they're also saying there's a huge segment of time between 30 minutes and 2 1/2 to 3 hours a day when they get back home where they are actually going online. >> what are the biggest things that you think in general people in society don't understand about dads? >> dads are so active in their kids' lives. i work from home. i worked from home for four years. my kids come home. i help them with their homework. i'm the one doing that. i'm the one going and signing forms and going to the play. i love it. i would have it no other way. i think that's the biggest thing people seem to miss. you still see all of the advertisements and literature and anything is always with the mom's slant on it. it is a slight. >> not only are we active but we're competent. we're really good fathers. >> i like changing my baby's

diaper and getting milk at night because it's a very human thing whether you're a woman or man caring for a little baby is a human emotion. we want to promote that same feeling or acceptance of that to other men and promote men being involved dads who felt uncomfortable but for larger society to fesee it that way. >> i heard from dads they don't see enough representations like this. one of the guards ran over and stopped me and said thank you because there were so many representations of guys that it's good to see other guys about being committed fathers. >> if you watch parenthood it has a dad at home. very strong figure. he's got the family intact. his wife is a high powered attorney. he's always keeping her informed about what's going on with their daughter, the connections with other parents.

i think it is a new example of the modern day family. >> i have to check this out. >> i love with these dads you just talked about. >> they really are representative of millions of dads out there. there are 68 million dads in this country and more and more are spending more time at home and there's the expectation now. in general guys make more money. in general working dads 42% are the sole providers but expected to know how to do everything at home. what they are doing is helping you learn how to do it. they show you what you need to know when you want to learn these things the way that women have had resources in the past, guys have more. >> there are guides post for dads at home or working outside of the home and they developed their own network. a big one. not even little. a big network. >> it's growing fast. >> it's working. that's impressive. i like it. thanks so much. from top daddy dog right here. >> doing all right. >> all right. josh levs, appreciate it. thanks so much.